Rico Verhoeven Won the GLORY 11 Tournament For His Daughter

This weekend at GLORY 11 on Spike TV the Netherlands’ Rico Verhoeven made a crazy impact by defeating both Gokhan Saki and Daniel Ghita, the #2 and #3 Heavyweights in the world, to move on and become the GLORY 11 Heavyweight Champion. For fans of Kickboxing, Rico has always been a prospect, but no one was quite sure if or when he’d live up to his potential. The question has been answered and the answer was this weekend.

In this post-fight interview he gives some insight into what motivated him to keep going.

 

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Dave Walsh is a writer residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico who is best known for his work as a Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts journalist. His work has been featured on a number of publications, including BloodyElbow.com, MiddleEasy.com, CageSideSeats.com, Heavy.com, MMANuts.com, as well as his own site, LiverKick.com. His first novel, The Godslayer, is on sale now.